Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Eastgate House Farm, Seamer - Solar Farm
Eastgate House Farm, Seamer - Solar Farm is a power plant under construction in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 32 MW of capacity, operated by Voltalia UK.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Stoney Haggs Road Seamer Scarborough, YO12 4NE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 7 Oct 2022 (permit 21/01919/FL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Aug 2021 (ref. 21/01919/FL, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Oct 2022 (granted, ref. 21/01919/FL, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Voltalia UK | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 32 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 47.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.2496, -0.4217 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Eastgate House Farm, Seamer - Solar Farm is the 976th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,550th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 32 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 976th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,550th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,935th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 64 grid connections (32 operating, 570 MW), 34 substations and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 23 MW grid connection at Seamer Moor PV | Grid connection | 23 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Waste 1.5 MW grid connection at Scarborough 33/11kV | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Scarborough Grid | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Eastfield | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Battery storage 2.85 MW grid connection at Eastfield | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Scarborough 33/11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 15 km |
| Eastern Green Link 5 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 47 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 50 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.